Shanagar Surname

518,760th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 628 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Shanagar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shanagar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran6191:124,04311,471
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Shanagar (14) may also be a first name.

Shanagar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shanagar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shanagar (Hindi: शणगार, Marathi: शनगर) is found most in Iran. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shanagar? popularity and diffusion

Shanagar is the 518,760th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,604,372 people. Shanagar is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shanagar live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name in the world It is held by 14 people.

This last name is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 619 people, or 1 in 124,043. In Iran Shanagar is mostly found in: Bushehr Province, where 22 percent live, Khuzestan Province, where 14 percent live and Kerman Province, where 11 percent live. Other than Iran Shanagar exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shanagar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shanagar in the Marathi language
शनगरsanagara-
Shanagar in the Hindi language
शणगारsanagara66.67
शाहनजनsahanajana16.67
शनगारsanagara16.67

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shanagar
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